My Friday night is barely half way done and I'm exhausted. I'm at work of course on a Friday night, I'll be here until the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Washington Nationals game is over (I work in sports television). But its been a busy night already. Canada's national men's team played Cuba tonight in World Cup Qualifying (USA narrowly defeated Antigua in their match tonight). Canada ended up winning 3-0, but the story was that Cuba only had 11 players! Which meant they had no substitutions to put on the field when players got tired or injured. There are two stories here, Cuba sent 16 players...but only 11 made it to the soccer pitch. One story says 5 players defected to the U.S.A. earlier today. The other story says those 5 players were detained at the border because of passport issues etc. Either way, its a win for Canada and the team is one step closer to its first World Cup birth since 1986 (which is Canada's only appearance in the Men's World Cup so far). Anyway, its a really, really busy night in sports -- even with the NHL players being locked out by the team owners. I am just watching as many games as I can to help pass the time. We are getting up early and heading to the cottage Saturday to close it down for the winter....I always hate doing that, the place is such an escape for me. Alright, enough babbling and I think I should probably get back to watching sports. Have a good weekend everyone...here's to being another day closer to the Hobbit. Guinness for me all around, maybe a black russian chaser or two. And if the jukebox has it, I would love to hear some RUSH - old RUSH please, I am going to their concert on Tuesday in Toronto...can't wait! What's the matter, James? No glib remark? No pithy comeback?"